Renegade
['renɪgeɪd] or ['rɛnɪɡed]
Definition
(n.) One faithless to principle or party.
(n.) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.
(n.) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.
(n.) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.
Checker: Reginald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Apostate, backslider, turncoat.[2]. Deserter, revolter, rebel, traitor.[3]. Vagabond, worthless fellow.
Typed by Claus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Apostate, traitor, deserter, heretic, betrayer, backslider, vagabond, turncoat,recreant
ANT:Supporter, adherent, defender, bigot, zealot, dogmatist, fanatic
Editor: Lyle
Definition
n. one faithless to principle or party: an apostate: a deserter—also Renegā′do.—n. Ren′egate a renegade.—adj. apostate traitorous.—n. Renegā′tion.—v.t. and v.i. Renēge′ (Shak.) to deny disown: to revoke at cards—also Renig′ (U.S.).—n. Renē′ger (obs.).
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Examples
- What business had she, a renegade clergyman's daughter, to turn up her nose at you! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- An outcast Englishman, a renegade adventurer—your uncle Rudolph! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Persians were guided into Marathon by a renegade Greek, Hippias, the son of Peisistratus, who had been tyrant of Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, I am no renegade, replied Justinian haughtily; but, at the same time, I am not what you would call a Christian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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